Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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San Saban
FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964
VOLUME 64 NO 140 10c PER COPY
Church Services Highlight Easter Programs In City
will be a Good Friday service in the fellowship hall Regular
semane
3 p.m., marking hours Jesus
night The Easter service will
time
on Friday morning Holy Com- Resurrection Faith."
by the choir.
presented its Easter cantata.
Deadlock On Rights
tag of the 1994 Texas Baptist
NAACP
h"e
gradually warm up Friday.
f
PIPE
PUZZLE
I •
Project Runs On Schedule
Incessant false alarms kept
By ROLAND LINDSEY
with work on the bottom of the
dirt reservoir being the only
Hospitalized with a jagged 3-
Work on the pipeline is about
Ruby Dispute Brews
completion in the contract, is on
in the city. The line goes from
(See PROJECT on Page 2)
Miller Slams
Solon's Talk
Mac Listed
As Serious
Pair Faces Lie
Detector Tests
1-
mile route.
(Staff Photo)
V
Monday
Debate
One Dead As Blast Rips
Tanker Off Virginia Coast
PORTSMOUTH. Va. (AP—| tanker Mobile Pegasus to carry
Recalls Poverty:
See Page 3
As paradoxical as this may
i sound, normal weather condi-
tions for this time of year, with-
two-thirds completed, with only
about two miles of actual pipe
laying remaining to be done
inch laceration of the forehead
was Lester Phillips, 53 He told
today and Friday, with a snap n
’n sign party for photograph-
ers and autograph hounds at
include Mrs. Dorothy Hicks.
Mrs. Matthew Sanderford and
Brownwood Fire Chief Char-
les Alford told members of city
council Wednesday that he was
handicapped by a lack of man-
power during the early stages
of a fire that heavily damaged
missionary work of the church all week. The last service will
A photograph of the entire con- be on Friday morning. Holy
gregation will be made at this Communion will be observed to-
state's young Baptist girlhood,
the girls who will attend have
all reached the highest levels of
study and work in the Girls Aux-
iliary. an affiliate of the Bap-
tist Women's Missionary Union.
They will open their meeting
with a session at 7:30 p.m. to-
day. Other general sessions are
Texas WMU, Dallas.
Joy Phillips is the GA direc-
tor for the Texas WMU, and
Sections of cast iron pipe lie scatter-
ed along a road about seven miles
southwest of Goldthwaite. The eight-
inch pipe will be buried along the
right-of-way to carry water from the
Colorado River reservoir, now under
Easter services of First Me- be held at 11 a m Sunday. The
thodist Church will be held at choir will present special Eas-
10 40 a m Sunday Children will ter music.
William E Miller, charges Sen.
J. W. Fulbright. D-Ark, with
promoting appeasement.
invocation. First Baptist Church
choir will be responsible for
music
Leonard Stansbury minister
of First Christian Church and
president of the ministerial as-
sociation will read the scrip-
ture and give the benediction
St John’s Episcopal Church
was to have two communion
services today at 19 a m and
6:30 p.m. Following the even-
ing service, there will be strip-
ping of the altar and the Watch
of the Blessed Sacrament, which
will last until 7 a.m. on Good
and that the Senate could begin
its debate on the bill itself Mon-
day after a three-day Easter
recess
'day evening
Good Friday services at Grace
Lutheran Church will begin at
i 7:30 a.m. Friday. Holy Com-
dents will have plenty of water
by the middle of July.
Giris Auxiliary Queens Court in
the Brownwood Coliseum
Representing the best of the
cused assassin.
Dr. Hubert Winston Smith,
Ruby’s new chief defense attor-
rage reservoir on the Colorado River
to Goldthwaite. The water line has
been laid along most of the eight-
Walter Anderson’s sermon topic
for Easter services at 11 a m
Sunday. The choir will present
special music.
Church of the Good Shepherd
2,000 gas Solon Vote Breaks
Arrive Today
lab tests would not fall within
this classification."
t Easter and Holy Week serv-
ices have been scheduled at
many Brownwood churches this
weekend Other programs were
held earlier this week
Community Good Friday serv-
ices sponsored by Brownwood
Ministers Assn will begin at
12K pm Friday in the Bowie
Theater
Speaker will be the Rev
Charlie Moms, pastor of Austin
Avenue Presbyter i a n Church
The Rev George Slayton of Cog
gin Avenue Baptist Church will
give the call to worship and
Colorado River is running on or
ahead of schedule.
THREE-PHASE PROJECT
The three-phase project in-
cludes work on a pipeline from
the river to town, an off-channel
storage reservoir, and a filter
treatment plant.
Foreman of the off-channel
storage project said the work is
about 90 per cent completed.
Two thousand girls from
across the state will arrive in
Brownwood today for the open-
Wednesday night meeting of the
organization.
3:15 p.m. Friday.
Speakers for the sessions will
BROWNWOOD <AP) - Two
persons were taken to Austin to-
day for lie detector tests after
Wednesday's robbery-slaying of
a filling station attendant be-1
tween A b il e n e and Cross
Plains.
Johnny Maner, 13 who worked
at a lonely crossroads filling
station 23 miles southeast of
Abilene, was found shot to death
eariy Wednesday. i
Sanderson, both of the El
Paso publishing boose. Other
speakers will be featured Fri-
day and Saturday.
scheduled at 9 a.m., 1:30 and
7:30 p.m. Friday and 9 am Baptist General Convention of
Saturday. Entertainment pro- Texas Christian Life Commis-
ney from the University of Tex-
as. said Wednesday he will ask
Judge Joe B Brown to order A
new tests for Ruby. I
First Asst. Dist. Atty. A. D. I
Jim Bowie said prosecutors will I
vigorously oppose the tests I
Dr? Smith said he wanted I
tests which would show “once I
and for all" whether Ruby suf- l
fers from psychomotor epilepsy I
or any other brain damage I
which could affect his behav- I
ior." I
"We’d like to hospitalize Mr. I
Ruby and we will ask the court I
for leave to transfer him” to the '
Austin State Hospital. 200 miles
south of Dallas, he said.
Bowie said there is no legal
Two of the San Jacinto’s crew leased from the scene and had with the program and arrange-
members went aboard the started on its way. | ments.
tions Monday night. He said one
of the men had to remain at the'
station to telephone firemen who
were off duty.
"eie suggested that a more ade-
quate call system be set up
at the stations Mayor W L.
(Lee) Luukin suggested that i
’ will observe Holy Communion ___
at 2 am Sunday There will be choir will present a special Eas- preach the Easter message.
Holy Communion and sermon ter anthem under direction of I “The Wonders of Easter."
i an important bearing on the
guilt of the accused,” Bowie
police he was struck by a brick
during an attack by 12 to 15 Ne-
groes.
Backed by Mayor Haydon
Burns, a biracial group quickly
went into action to restore peace
and resolve segregation issues
following three days and nights
of scattered shootings. a killing,
numerous injuries and mounting
property damage from fires and
rocks.
On Good Friday there will at 3 p.m On Easter Sunday services will be conducted at
ate inflammation or pneumoni-
tis at the base of Gen Douglas
MacArthurs right lung today
and started treatment with anti-
biotics. He is still in serious
condition
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center issued a statement on
the general's condition this
morning
Pneumonitis is described as
was on the cross. At 7 p m .
Firemen made 149 inspec- Fulbright. But there could be a localized aute inflammation
tions. recnived 34 complaints no other implication to the ref- of the lungs, ordinarily less se-
and correuted 14 violations. jerence to Citamberlain, toe pe rious than uu pneumonia.
World War II British prime min-
ister who acceded to Germany’s
territorial demands on its neigh-
bors
Miller said Fulbright's re-
A digging machine pauses an a coun-
try foad near Goldthwaite where work
is in progress in laying an eigh-inch
Ppeline from an off-channel waar sto-
By BARRY SCHWEID
WASHINGTON (AP)-The Re-
publican national chairman,
— Of The Bulletin Staff (“" - ...
WOl.DTHWAITE—If it doesn't major phase not finished,
rain too much, Goldthwaite resi-
Mrs A. P. Pierson of the Bap-
tist Spanish Publishing House,
El Paso: Mrs. Charles Cald-
well. Midland; Mrs. Woodson
Ames, El Paso: Mrs. Lester , m _ _
Vinson, migrant missionary for HAuneAFF
the Southern Baptist Home Mis- DV Y (V I
sion Board. Burleson: Mrs. Car-, I
los Paredes. Austin, and Dr. ma
Jimmy Allen, director of the aa » »
egns
grams are scheduled at 9 p-m. sioms. .Katharine Ga jacksonyLLe. Fia .ap-
promotion associate for the A boycott of Jacksonville busi-
Southern Baptist WMU, Birm-inesses which impose restric-
ingham. Ala.; Noemi Cuevas of tions on Negroes was started
the Texas Baptist WMU lang- today by the National Associa-
uages mission. Dallas: Lee Gar- tion for the Advancement of
tier. associate in the Texas Bap- Colored People
tist Training Union Department. The NAACP called for retalia-
It wasn’t supposed to last Dallas; Joyce GUI. Sunbeam tion against "J™ Crow mer-
lone however and the Weather director for the Texas WMU. i chants even as a group of
Bureau said the state should Dallas; Pat Luttrell. Young white and Negro leaders groped
Womens Association president, for • way out of the city s four-
Hardin - Simmons University, day-old racial crisis.
Abilene: Mrs. C. W McCullough. "Spend your money only
Brownwood, and Mary Jane Ne-' where you are respected " Rut-
thery, YWA director for the ledge Pearson, city and state
- ----- NAACP president, told a
licrofilu Service
Brownwood Bulletin
be received into membership of Calvary Baptist Church will
L, LL 4 ,y;,, I, conduct the usual 10:50 service
the church at this service. The , . ■ D_____ . _ «
- and Rev H M Farrington will
construction, to the filtration plant In
Goldthwaite. About two miles of pipe
still have to be laid to complete the
line. The entire project is expected to
be completed in July.
(Staff Photo)
two business concerns and two
vacant offices in downtown
Brownwood Monday night.
Alford said only nine fire-
GA MODERATOR—Mrs. Dor-
ethy Hteks of the Baptist
Spanish Publishing House in
El Paso will be moderator for
a panel. "From Birth To
Life," nt 7:39 p.m. today in I
the opening session for the ... . _ ■
1964 Texas Baptist Gins aux- Warming Trend
iliary Queens Court in Brown-
the reservoir to the treatment
plant with eight-inch pipe, then I
ties into the current city lines
at the southeast comer of the
courthouse square.
The line from the pumping
station on the river to the res-
ervoir is a 12-inch line. Gates
in fences along the pipeline
route provide access to the pipes
from the reservoir to town
LINE COMPLETED
A power line to the pumping
station has been completed by
the city. The pumping station,
located on the Floyd Sikes place ■ I
about nine miles south of Gold-
thwaite. Is the only phase of the ■
work where there has been any |
difficulty A water leak into a. "The course Sen Fulbright
working pit there has slowed advocates is the same road
. _ _ .____ schedule, Barnett said, although
Some tie-ins must also be made much of the work done thus far
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA Fair today
and Friday Warmer today and tonight
Low tonight in 90s High Friday in
lower 70s
Maximum temperature here Wednes-
day 65. overnight low 30 Sunset 6:52,
sunrise 6:31.
"Seven Last Words,” last Sun- at 19 am Sunday. Children wiu Mrs E C Bartholomew,
bring their Lenten mite boxes Austin Avenue Presbyterlan
and present them at the ser- Church has been having Holy
vice. These boxes are for the Week prayer services at 9 39 a.
! Sought
WASHINGTON (AP) —
w The Senate, breaking a
2 deadlock lasting since
E March 9 voted today to
■ take up for formal consid-
■ eration the House-passed
E civil rights bill
E ! Southerners, who have used
■ the motion to take up as the
D basis for lengthy speeches bit-
Dterly attacking the bill itself,
■ finally let the vote come on the
■ 17th day of the debate.
" The motion, made by Demo-
b
. ,
munjonwiinbegobservedtoday Coggin Avenue Baptist Church
Bl 4:3 pm rasler services in,a. ,
wil be at 11 am Sunday will have hts reguar service at'
Special Easter music will be 10 45 «m Easter. The choir
wood Coliseum. Also on the pa- By THE ASSOCI ATED PRESS
be a three-hour watch from U- High Mass will be at 9 a.m. 10:50 am and 7 p.m. Sunday ,
anpileprMastertanchuahas There winibe • baptismal — Empty rombwtethekev.
had morning services all week ice at the morning worship and i
at 7:30 The last one will be the pastor will speak on "The
Holy Saturday, the lighting of
the new fire, the blessing of
the baptismal font and the light-
ing of the paschal candle will
be celebrated On Easter morn-
mg. Holy Communion services
will be sung at 6:30 am and
10 am.
cratic Leader Mike Mansfield
of Montana, passed overwhelm-
ingly as expected.
The Senate met today at 9
am, three hours ahead of its
usual time, and the rell call
came without any further
speech-making
This first vote cleared the
way for a motion by Sen.
Wayne Morse, D-Ore., to send
the bill to the Senate Judiciary
Committee headed by Sen.
James O. Eastland, D-Miss ,
for 10 days of hearings and
study.
Democratic leaders planned
to try to kill this move with a
tabling motion later today but
operations, but the pump should expected the outcome to be
be ready to set in place in about close.
a week, Barnett said However. Sen. Hubert H.
Work on the treatment plant. Humphrey, D-Minn., floor man.
which was allocated 300 days for ager.for. the bill, predicted that
the tabling motion would win
lough of Brownwood. Mrs. A. parts of Texas today, three days
P. Pierson and Mn Matthew before Easter.
Friday. Thu is in response tai St. Mary's Catholic Church i At First Christian Church,
the Lord's question to the apost- will have a service today at there will be candlelight com-
Ies in the Garden of Geth- 7:30 p.m.. and on Friday there munion service today at 7 p.m.
nel will be Mrs. C. W. MeCul- Freezing weather hit many
DALLAS (AP) — A dispute 1 basis for more laboratory tests trials if there is newly discov-
brewed today over new labora- He suggested Dr. Smith concen- ered evidence which would have
tory tests for Jack Ruby, con- trate on getting a new trial for * " ' “
victed slayer of Lee Harvey Os- Ruby instead of thinking about _
wald. President Kennedy's ac-! evidence they could introduce at t said "But the results of new
that trial.
"Our laws provide for new|
marks—a 70-minute speech ti-
tled "Old Myths and New Re-
alities" delivered to an almost
—------- which Neville Chamberlain empty Senate chamber—set the
I —.L Ac AA_... A:. -I ‘traveled in the 1930′3 " Miller stage ,0[theforeign policy de-
Lack Ot Manpower Cited said in a statement today “It bate in the 1964 campaign
" is a course which Republicans
in Chiefs Report To City pohhapnoinnanespathozhaveop
Fulbright, chairman of the
City Manager John Clary and Senate Foreign Relations Com-
Alford get together and discuss mittee, called on the Johnson
the possibility of setting up a administration and the nation
stronger call system. Wednesday to abandon "old WASHINGTON (APi — Army
Alford made the remarks dur- myths” and face up to "the new doctors found signs of moder-
ing monthly report of fire de- realities of our time "
partment activities to the coun- He called for prompt revision
Total loss from fires during ofithe Panama Canal Treaty
the month of Februarywas $90% and • new attitude toward Cuba
men were on duty at three sta-| —all in residential buildings 1 .viewing.its Communist Prune
“ " There was one fatality during Minister Fidel Castro as a nui-
the month 1 sance but not * grave threat to
City firemen made 40 runs, in- the United States.
eluding eight to residences. 28 Miller did not use the word
trash and four in the county appeasement in his attack on
Eula Mae Henderson, Texas
WMU executive secretary-treas-
An explosion ripped through the their ship's papers to safety urer. Claude H. Rhea Jr. chair-
American tanker San Jacinto and it was one of these — a man of the Division of Fine
off the Virginia coast early to- steward. M. Dotilla—who died Arts at Houston Baptist College.
& SS S seeuoneortee S - SA l Negro waman dead andasavera! GOLDTHWAITE WATER
in 8 « ST- ron worn “ oren12GS-rainenmhdugnonemg,a WLU.HWAITE WATER
The master of the stricken by helicopter. Mrs. Braswell Locker is local tack .on a white man and a fire
vessel, Harold J. Titus, 40, of A light rain was falling over arrangements chairman, with bomb incident were reported on
Pine City, N.Y., who remained the area, and the skies were Martha St Clair. Howard Payne Wednesday night.
aboard the bobbing stern with overcast. College director of student ac- Incessant false alarms kept
36 of the 39 crewmen, radioed The Coast Guard said the tivities and promotion. repre- firemen on the runfor the third.
that all survivors were well. Mobile Pegasus had been re- senting the college in assisting night, but rock-throwing and
Turn of the San Iacinto’s crew leased from the scene and had with the program and arrange- other vandalism subsided.
' out any unsual rains, would al-
low the new water supply sys-
i tem for the city to be completed
. by that time, giving city resi-
dents a bountiful supply of wa-
ter for summer use for the first
time in years.
' City Manager W. C. Barnett
1 said construction work on the
project to draw water from the
The boycott was approved, by
the largest chapter turnout in
recent months, against all busi-
nesses except those selling food
and medicine.
The violence which left one
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Gage, Larry. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964, newspaper, March 26, 1964; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1489637/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.